Help us save bobcats; Fish & Game proposing hunting & trapping

To The Daily Sun,

We recently learned that at the upcoming October N.H. Fish and Game Commission meeting, the eleven-man commission of hunters, trappers, and anglers will decide whether to go to rulemaking with a proposal to hunt, hound, bait and trap N.H.'s much-loved and reclusive bobcat. The Fish and

Game Director said they would open a bobcat season to provide recreational opportunities to hunters and trappers. The bobcat's fur would be sold to the Russian and Chinese markets and turned into trophy coats and hats for the rich to wear. Some hunters and trappers like to keep the bobcat skull as a trophy.

Is New Hampshire going to let a small minority turn our bobcat into another "Cecil", to be killed for no other reason than pleasure trophy hunting?

Help us stop this barbaric and unnecessary destruction of our bobcat from happening! We can save "NH's Cecil" if we all make our voices heard to save our bobcat. Please come to the October 14 meeting at 1 p.m. at Fish and Game Headquarters in Concord. Call and write the N.H. Fish and Game Department (Wildlife Division is 271-2461, Chief of Division mark.ellingwood@wildlife.nh.gov) and let your wildlife agency know you are opposed to this proposal to open a season on our bobcat. Please also sign our petition that can easily be found on our Facebook page by googling

Save the Bobcat in NH. Click the beautiful bobcat picture and the petition will open.

Linda Dionne, coordinator

Voices of Wildlife in N.H.

Concord